Mullus known as Goatfishes or Mullets is subtropical marine genus of perciform fish

Fish

Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...

 of the family Mullidae. Occurs mainly in the Southwest Atlantic near the South American coast and in the Eastern Atlantic including the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. These fish are bottom dwelling over sands and muds. 4 species are recognized.

Species

{ ellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 border=1 style="width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #87cefa; border: 2px solid" Species Common name Environment & range IUCN status M. argentinae Argentine goatfish Marine; subtropical; demersal NE* M. auratus Red goatfish Marine; subtropical; demersal NE M. barbatus

Mullus barbatus

Mullus barbatus is a species of goatfish found in the Mediterranean Sea, east North Atlantic Ocean from Scandinavia to Senegal, and the Black Sea....

^T Red mullet Marine; subtropical; demersal NE M. surmuletus

Mullus surmuletus

Mullus surmuletus, the striped red mullet, is a species of goatfish found in the Mediterranean Sea, east North Atlantic Ocean, and the Black Sea....

Striped red mullet Marine; subtropical; demersal NE

*) NE - Not Evaluated.

^T) Type species.